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I have not heard the result of the Scout. You see by the above information that your wishes as ex- pressed in your communication of the 20th inst., have been an- ticipated. The Indians have been pursued in both directions, the murderers of Major Bryant have been driven into the mountains, and it is hoped that the robbers near Fort Duncan have been overtaken or at least hotly pursued.
Respectfully
Your Mo: Ob: Servt:, (signed) w. J. HARDEE
Bt Lieut Colo: U. S. A.
Major George Deas,
Asst. Adjt. General, San Antonio.
Head Quarters Fort Inge, Texas. January 23rd, 1850. Bt Lt. Colo: W. J. Hardee, 2nd Dragoons to Bt Major George Deas, Asst. Adjt. General Giving information about the pursuit of Indians by Captain Grumbles, &c. Copy for His Excellency P. H. Bell, Governor of Texas Respectfully fur- nished for his information By order of Bt Major General Brooke. Geo: Deas Asst. Adjt. Genl. Head Quarters 8th Mil: Dept. San Antonio, January 27. 1850.
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No. 57 LETTER FROM GEO. M. BROOKE TO P. H. BELL
Head Quarters 8th Department San Antonio, January 30th, 1850.
Governor:
The term of service (six months) for which the three volun- teer companies of mounted Rangers from this state were called out, being soon to expire, I have determined to offer those com- panies a renewal of their engagements for six months more, un- less sooner discharged by order of the President of the United States. The murders and robberies lately repeated by the Indians and the season now approaching when a renewal of the same atrocities may be expected, the exigencies of the case appear to me to demand the continuance of the force already in service, until either treaties are made with the Indians, whereby a better
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